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Remote work already changing Seattle permanently, tech worker survey indicates

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The majority of Seattle tech workers don’t expect to ever return to their offices full time and the effects of that transition could alter everything from commercial real estate, to what social issues tech workers spend their time and money on, to downtown’s status as a business district. “This is significant,” Merriam said.

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Howard Schultz funding online learning program for small businesses using CreativeLive platform

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The causes are many: the need for learning and community, the lack of capital and social networks, the systemic failures that lead many to not even try. ” Schultz has teamed with a number of business leaders and nonprofits to raise awareness of the program, including Starbucks, Microsoft, Facebook, Salesforce, Chase and more.

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MacKenzie Scott says she’s given away nearly $2B to 343 organizations over past 7 months

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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — who created The Giving Pledge alongside Melinda French Gates more than a decade ago — are currently worth more than $100 billion each, a doubling of their net worth since 2010. In short, it runs the gamut of social issues. Her wealth shot up in 2020 as Amazon’s stock spiked in value.

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Billionaires get too much credit for philanthropy

Vox

Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Moves: Slalom and WTIA add diversity leaders; Seattle mayor won’t seek re-election

GeekWire

He has served as chair since 2010. He also led Seattle-based microfinance nonprofit Vittana. He is also an advisor for nonprofits and educational organizations. Canadian social media management startup Hootsuite promoted Tara Ataya , former VP of people, to chief people and diversity officer. Vancouver, B.C.-based

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Facebook buys REI’s new HQ for $367M, expanding Seattle-area footprint beyond 3M square feet

GeekWire

The social media giant paid $367.6 REI said today that the sale “represents a positive return on the co-op’s investment in the property and will enable important investments in REI’s customer-facing innovations, its nonprofit partners and carbon reduction goals.” just east of Seattle. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based

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We don’t need another Twitter

Vox

By 2010, he had a book and a TV series based on it. Twitter’s US user base was already in decline prior to the takeover by Musk,” said Jasmine Enberg, principal analyst for social media at Insider Intelligence. Hive Social, for instance, says it has 2 million users. The account quickly went viral.